W4: Writing Task. Children Should Be Charged in Juvenile Court System

Children Should Be Charged in Juvenile Court System
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Children Should Be Charged in Juvenile Court System
During the 1700s, adults and juveniles were charged in the same court, and the prison populations were mixed up. In particular, children with the age of seven years were charged, sentenced, tried, and convicted in adult criminal courts since there existed no distinction based on gender, mental illness, or age. In 1899, was introduced in Cook County, Illinois. Although the government seems committed to ensuring all citizens adhere to the set laws and regulations, the juvenile court system should charge children as opposed to subjecting them to similar charges with adults, thus staving off disparities.
The primary idea of introducing juvenile courts was to focus on cases involving children and teenagers below the age of 18 years. Delinquents need to be shown that the law applies to everyone regardless of one’s age. However, young people should be handled well to nurture them into responsible and law-abiding citizens when they grow up. As such, charging adolescents in adult courts put them on a disadvantage in that they might get harsh punishments or sentences without giving them a chance to change their behaviors positively. Juvenile courts were established to rehabilitate and educate young criminals to avoid recidivism (Nicole, 2016). That is the reason why these institutions should be used appropriately to deter crime for juvenile delinquents when they become adults. Consequently, children should not be charged in adult criminal courts despite the government’s effort to implement and enforce the law.
Any adolescent who commits a crime should not be treated as an adult regardless of the degree of the criminal act. Notably, teenagers who engage in illegal or unaccepted activities are criminals, and charging them in juvenile courts does not change that fact. The legal system treats adolescents as juveniles for various reasons. First, minors are not supposed to engage in various things, such as driving without guidance from adults. For this reason, they are perceived as immature and not capable of making sound decisions on their own. Second, children are denied various privileges, such as voting rights. Third, young people ...